The 55mph Club...

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anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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New rule: any member who does not quote Groucho Marx shall quote Mark Twain.

mgtony

4,014 posts

189 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Breadvan72 said:
New rule: any member who does not quote Groucho Marx shall quote Mark Twain.
Do we need a sanity claus or is there no such thing? wobble

Andrew, welcome home. Did you promote the club in France? We need another 3 members to be complete, is that the plan?

What's the final design of the sticker??



benjj

6,787 posts

162 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Andrew,

Drop me a line on email and I'll have a chat with the vinyl dudes at Mission Motorsport. I bet they can knock them out prontissimo.

IroningMan

10,154 posts

245 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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v8250

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2,724 posts

210 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Breadvan72 said:
New rule: any member who does not quote Groucho Marx shall quote Mark Twain.
BV, you are a finely read fellow. Often mis-quoted c/o Winston who, as we know, was a smart fellow with the incredible ability of including [plagiarizing] historical quotes within his articles and public speeches.

mgtony said:
Andrew, welcome home. Did you promote the club in France? We need another 3 members to be complete, is that the plan? What's the final design of the sticker??
Hi Tony, all international club promotion is in the hands of 'lowdrag Tony' our International Motoring Correspondent [old Jaguar buff and Le Mans man of the moment, akin to a modern day Raymond Baxter come John Bolster but without the moustache!]

Happy to leave open to any/all member numbers though may be we should close numbers for end of next week in order to get sticker production rolling. Re' design, have not got any further as just back. Ideally, I'd like someone from PH to offer to finish off properly so we get a high quality sticker. Also, need to confirm size and whether we should/could have two sticker options 1) for external sticking onto wings, helmets etc, 2) an internal on/off window sticker as some folk may not want to stick to paintwork. Will report back having spoken to the sticker people.

v8250

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2,724 posts

210 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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benjj said:
Andrew,

Drop me a line on email and I'll have a chat with the vinyl dudes at Mission Motorsport. I bet they can knock them out prontissimo.
Thank Ben - will give call in a while.

benjj

6,787 posts

162 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I think the sticker should either be 1mm x 1mm or 1m x 1m.

IroningMan

10,154 posts

245 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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benjj said:
I think the sticker should either be 1mm x 1mm or 1m x 1m.
I see where you're going with that, but it's all a bit, um, Continental, isn't it?


nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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mgtony said:
What's the final design of the sticker??
Tony, you do know that the 55 doesn't actually refer to annual mileage - but it could as that fits many MGBs

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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IroningMan said:
benjj said:
I think the sticker should either be 1mm x 1mm or 1m x 1m.
I see where you're going with that, but it's all a bit, um, Continental, isn't it?
Sounds a bit unEnglish to me, I suggest 10thou x 10thou or 3ft square.

lowdrag

12,869 posts

212 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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New potential French members must forward a photo of themselves with trouser leg rolled up and the left breast bared, wearing black beret and blue striped t-shirt with a string of onions around the neck, while brandishing in the right hand a copy of Motor Sport July 1966.

My moustache is coming along nicely, and handlebars will be added. It would appear that all club members should also change to Branson electronics to ensure there is no possibility of infringing club rule #1, ergo not exceeding 55mph. And if anyone is copying and pasting the above list please change mine to four stickers please.

ETA: in the days that I wrote for the JDC I entitled my articles "Letter from Le Mans" for the alliteration and in homage to that scribe of all scribes, Jenks. The new editor, with no understanding of the finer points of motoring journalism, changed it to "Letter from France" so people would have a finer comprehension of where I lived.

Edited by lowdrag on Thursday 17th April 14:00

Huntsman

8,028 posts

249 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Breadvan72 said:
New rule: any member who does not quote Groucho Marx shall quote Mark Twain.
I knew his sister.

IroningMan

10,154 posts

245 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I had that Mark Twain in the back of my cab the other day.

LordBretSinclair

4,285 posts

176 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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IroningMan said:
I had that Mark Twain in the back of my cab the other day.
..... but not in the biblical sense.

Alfachick

1,639 posts

196 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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V8250 [6]
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mgtony
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dartissimus
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Hrimfaxi
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Sideways Tim [3]
Tyre Tread [2]
angry jock [6]
Stiggolas [2]
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Zelda Pinwheel [4]
williredale
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Keep it Stiff [3]
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Deltashad (added as per request)
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Roverload

850 posts

135 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Breadvan72
LordBretSinclair [4]
nta16
Lowdrag [4]
Benjj [4]
Hooli [6]
Nigel Worc's [2]
CAPPO
Dbest92 [1]
VetteG
72twink
PoshTwit
niagra
mgtony
woodytype S
sunbeam alpine [6]
dartissimus
OscarIndia
Riley Blue [4]
Hrimfaxi
lockheart flawse [3]
Sideways Tim [3]
Tyre Tread [2]
angry jock [6]
Stiggolas [2]
task
vixen1700 [2]
Dave Newcastle [2]
whirlybird
GadgeS3C
Roy C
Zelda Pinwheel [4]
williredale
The member formally known as Humble Jim
fourfoldroot [2]
Keep it Stiff [3]
MarshPhantom
johnfm
Bebee [4]
Deltashad (added as per request)
Pacoryan
Church of Noise [2]
SprintSpeciale [4]
Red Firecracker [4]
Huntsman [172]
Healeyfan [2]
TurboBlue [3]
Jimmyjam
Prolex-UK (3)
djsmith74
/\/\j17 [2]
IroningMan
Alfachick [2]
Roverload

PoshTwit

1,218 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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mgtony said:
Do we need a sanity claus or is there no such thing?
Only for the Christmas Party, but I am not fat, jolly nor beardy enough to volunteer.

There definitely is such a thing - have you not seen the Coca-Cola adverts?

IroningMan

10,154 posts

245 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Are sanity claus like sanity towels?

grumpy52

5,565 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Alfachick]V8250 [6 said:
Breadvan72
LordBretSinclair [4]
nta16
Lowdrag [4]
Benjj [4]
Hooli [6]
Nigel Worc's [2]
CAPPO
Dbest92 [1]
VetteG
72twink
PoshTwit
niagra
mgtony
woodytype S
sunbeam alpine [6]
dartissimus
OscarIndia
Riley Blue [4]
Hrimfaxi
lockheart flawse [3]
Sideways Tim [3]
Tyre Tread [2]
angry jock [6]
Stiggolas [2]
task
vixen1700 [2]
Dave Newcastle [2]
whirlybird
GadgeS3C
Roy C
Zelda Pinwheel [4]
williredale
The member formally known as Humble Jim
fourfoldroot [2]
Keep it Stiff [3]
MarshPhantom
johnfm
Bebee [4]
Deltashad (added as per request)
Pacoryan
Church of Noise [2]
SprintSpeciale [4]
Red Firecracker [4]
Huntsman [172]
Healeyfan [2]
TurboBlue [3]
Jimmyjam
Prolex-UK (3)
djsmith74
/\/\j17 [2]
IroningMan
Alfachick [2]
Grumpy52 (2)

grumpy52

5,565 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Alfachick]V8250 [6 said:
Breadvan72
LordBretSinclair [4]
nta16
Lowdrag [4]
Benjj [4]
Hooli [6]
Nigel Worc's [2]
CAPPO
Dbest92 [1]
VetteG
72twink
PoshTwit
niagra
mgtony
woodytype S
sunbeam alpine [6]
dartissimus
OscarIndia
Riley Blue [4]
Hrimfaxi
lockheart flawse [3]
Sideways Tim [3]
Tyre Tread [2]
angry jock [6]
Stiggolas [2]
task
vixen1700 [2]
Dave Newcastle [2]
whirlybird
GadgeS3C
Roy C
Zelda Pinwheel [4]
williredale
The member formally known as Humble Jim
fourfoldroot [2]
Keep it Stiff [3]
MarshPhantom
johnfm
Bebee [4]
Deltashad (added as per request)
Pacoryan
Church of Noise [2]
SprintSpeciale [4]
Red Firecracker [4]
Huntsman [172]
Healeyfan [2]
TurboBlue [3]
Jimmyjam
Prolex-UK (3)
djsmith74
/\/\j17 [2]
IroningMan
Alfachick [2]
Grumpy52 (2)